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I wouldn’t consider myself a Buddhist, but I do love visiting the Buddhist temples around Thailand. Just the other week I went to one of my favorite temples – Wat Suan Mokkhabalaram in Chaiya, near Surat Thani, well south of Bangkok by about 600 kilometers.

It’s a forest temple, Thais say Tudong style. One of my favorite Buddhist monks, Buddhadasa Bhikku founded it, and though he has passed on, it’s a remarkable place to go and do some walking around, taking photos, and meditating when I go alone. Here are some photos, hope you enjoy them and visit the temple sometime…

A private monk hut at a forest monastery in southern Thailand. Could you sit here all day and meditate? It probably seems ideal, right?We can learn from this image of Buddha in an anorexic state while meditating. Didn’t work for him, won’t work for you. Don’t bother starving yourself…